Hair waver



E. HAGEMEISTER March 2 1926.

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EMMAHAGEMEISTER. or NEWYORK, N. Y.

HAIR WAVER.

Application filedz April-24, 1925. Serial No. 2556811 The presentinvention is in some respects- ``designed as an improvement on the haii`waver-forming the subject of an application filedl in the name of. 7. N.Lurcott, under date of December 17, 1924; Serial Number 756,505.

The prime object of .the present; invention is-to provide a hair waverhaving` instrumentazlities'that will produce a Marcel wave andv in amanner toV give reasonable permanency to the wave.

The nature of my invention and itsdisting-uishing features andadvantagesV will clearly appear as the description proceeds.

Reference is toi-be'had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, it bei-ng'understood that the drawings are nierelyillust'rative of one example' of theinvention.

Figure- 1 is aplan view of a hair waver embodying my invention, apluralityp of the swing-img elements to be hereinafter men.- tionedbeing shownraised and Va-pair ofsaid swingable elements being shown inthe low-V ered position at the top of saidfigure;

Fignre 2: is a fragm'entary ho'rizontal Vsec tion on-the line 2-2,Figu-re et;

Figure 3 is aV transverse Vertical section as indicated. by the line3-8,.Figure 1 but showing all the swingable elements inV a partiallylowered position ready to engage the hair;l w

' Figure tvis a longitudinal' Vertical section through my improved hairwaver;`

Figure 5 is a detail in transverse Vertical section showing a pair ofthe swingable elements lowered to a position to engage the hair, andanother pair of the swingable elements in a higher position;

Figure 6 is a fragmentary end View of the hair waver;

Figure 7 is a fragmentary view in longitudinal Vertical section given toshow another form of the fixed combs.

port-ing means form no in carrying out my invention in p 'acticeanysuitable frame and supporting `1neans are provided, there-being shownl afragment of aA standard 10 having Va fitting 11 secured thereto by abolt 12 and Wing, nut 131. The

fitting 11 is received between .depen'ding' bracket members 18 onV theframe 17 and' boltsv16v having nuts 14. and washers 15 are passedthrough the braclret members 18 and through the fitting' 11'.

part of the present invention.

I provide a seriesof fixed combs and Aa series of shiftable combs.` Themovable combs 20 are a-rranged in pairs the combs of a pair beingdisposed at the opposite sides of each` fixed comb. A plura'lity of the'fixed.

combs` 19v are inv rigid relation to electric heating elements 21.Otherfixed combs 1,19:

a'lternate with those'combs 119 associated withl the electric heatingelements 21, said fixed combs 119 being rig-id with the frame 17.Thecombs 2.0 of a pair are integral with eachz other through the mediuinof a' U- shaped base'22 which extendsV about the under sideof-eachheating element 21 so as to have guided movement Von said heating.element. The base 22 has anV extension 122 The frame' and sup,

atv each end which extends through the'ends: i'

117 of the frame 17.

Then a strandof hair (A) is laid'across the device through thezseveralcombs, the movement of' the combs 20 relatively to the fixed combs 19yand 119 will produce waves in the .strandl of hair as indicated at thetop of Figure 1. The device therefore constrncted vas described willeffectively produce Wavesin the hair.

In order' that a Marcel wave be produ'ced, Iprovide meansv to engage thewaves of the hair at the sides of the comb. In the illustratedexample, Iprovide blades or plates 23 arranged in pai'rs, platesof av pair beingintegral with each other at an: end thereof, said end being secured asbya pivot 24 to` a fixed part at an' end of the hair waver. .The oppcsiteend of each pair of plates 23 has a handle 25. Said plates 23 areadapted to be lowered from the dotted line position, Figure 4, to theposition shown at the left of Figure 5 in engagement with. and exertingpressure upon hair Waves. The pivot 24 it Will be observed from Figure 4is located above the plane of the bases or backs of they combs 19, 20.The result is that the plates 23, When fully lowered to operativeposition between the combs, will -exert equal pressure along strands ofhair run through the combs at different points I as shown in Figure 4.At the opposite ends of the frame 17 are fixed earrying handles In theLurcott application referred to above, means is provided to operate themovable combs. The present invention embodies a slight modifi'cation ofthe aforesaid means in said filed application. Thus, the integral pairsof eombs 20 are each'operated through the medium of a Vertical spindle80 having a head 31 and depending from the frame 17. The spindle extendsthrough the bottom of the frame and has a lever 32 fixed thereon whichis pivoted at one end as at 33 to a link 3a, the opposite end of whichis pivoted as `at 35 to the base 2:2 of a pair of combs 20. Thedeseribed operating means is provided for each pair of combs 20. As inthe aforenamed application the lever 32 at the opposite end from thepivot 33 has a stud 87 adapted to engage in any one of an arcuate seriesof depressions 36 in frame 17. rFhe positioning of the lever with thestud 37 in a given de'- pression 36 will 'cause a given length of wavein the strand of hair A. The engagement of the stud 37 with a depression36 serves to lock the lever 32, spindle 30, and link 34, as well as thecombs 20 actuated by the link, in fixed position, .said looking meansand its function corresponding with vthe means and the mode offunctioning thereof disclosed in the aforenamed filediapplieation.

In the use of the device a strand of hair is disposed transverselybetween the teeth 40 of the fixed and movable combs with the teethalined. Then` the movable combs are shiftedi by turning the spindles 30.In pra'ctice, one pair of fixed combs 20 is actuated `first, then theadjacent pair of fixed combs, "and so on in succession. After the hairhas been waved by the shifting of the movable combs relatively to thefixed combs, the plates or blades 23 are brought down and vthey move inplanes in close relation to the Wlimovable combs in a manner that whensaid blades are brought down, pressure is exerted by the same againstthe sides of the respective Waves. In the form shown in Figure 7 anaddisliltional feature is provided to hold the hair against rising onthe 'combsl Said feature consists of slots 319 formed in one edge of thefixed combs 219 at the-base thereef and extending longitudinally so thatas the movable eombs are shifted, the strand of hair lwill move into theslots 40.

I would. state in conclusion that while the illustrated exampleconstitutes a practieal embodiment of my invention, I do not limitmyself strictly to the exact details herein illustrated, since,manifestly, the same can be eonsiderably varied without departure fromthe spirit of the device as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

l. A hair waver including a series of combs, and a second series ofcombs movable longitudinally relatively to the first combs to produce awave in a strand of hair, said lirst-mentioned combs being formed withlongitudinal slots in the teeth thereof at the base of the teeth forholding the strands of hair against displaeement along the combs.

2. A hair waver including a series of combs, and a second series ofcombs movable longitudinally relatively to the first combs to produ'ce awave in a strand of hair, said first-mentioned combs being formed withlongitudinal slots in the teeth thereof at the base of the teeth forholding the strands of hair against displacement along the 'combs;together with 'means movable between the teeth and into engagement witha strand of hair to exert pressure on the waved strand or to a positionout of engagement with the hair permitting release of the same.

3. A hair waver including two series of combs, one series shiftablelongitudinally relatively to the other for waving a strand of hair, andswingable elements mounted to move in a plane between fixed and movablecombs, or to a position away from the combs for engaging the wavedstrand of hair, the teeth of the combs being formed With means to engagethe strand of hair and prevent its moving lengthwise of the teeth of thecombs.

4. A hair waver including heating elements, a series of fixed combs inrigid relation to the heating elements in the general longitudinal planethereof, additional fixed combs alternating with the first mentionedfixed combs, and movable combs alternating with the fixed combs andshiftable longitudinally thereto.

EMMA HAGEMEISTER.

